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Jeff McCann wrote: > > "chicagofan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Jonathan Ball wrote: > > > > > > They ruled that the electoral provisions of the U.S. Constitution > were > > > being subverted by the Democrats' frivolous attempts to stall the > > > Florida results. > > > > Frivolous? Republicans filed the first law suit; which eventually > resulted in > > the USSC effectively halting the ultimate *true* counts of all > ballots. > > > > Overriding the Florida State SC was/is reason enough for me to > consider him the > > USSC *appointed* president. Whether you and half the U.S. consider > him legally > > elected, matters not to me; he is NOT my president. He holds the > office... period. > > bj > > The problem with the Bush v. Gore decision is that State law, not the > Federal law, controls the voting process, including electoral procedures > and vote counting. The Court's use of a specious 14th Amendment > argument is widely viewed by most legal scholars, including the > dissenting Justices, as laughable. The decision was, literally, > unprecedented. The majority did not cite any precedent to support their > decision. The Supreme Court violated its own longstanding doctrine that > it must defer to state Supreme Courts in interpreting and applying state > laws. Nonetheless, they are the Supreme Court, they have ruled, and the > case is closed. Like it or not, Bush is our lawful and legitimate > President, according to law. Our lawful and legitimate president? You got a turd in your pocket? He'll never be MY president. Just the guy who's Too Stupid To Be President. > I think it is fair to criticize and > critique the process and the events leading to that result, but I don't > think that the final result can be questioned. > > Jeff -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. - George Orwell
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